- Briefly, let's go over the criteria…for what falls into the general code editor category.…General code editors are, as you may have suspected,…used for a variety of developmental technologies.…They do, because they have a web focus,…support core web platforms,…HTML, CSS and JavaScript.…A key, distinguishing feature…is that these editors support technologies other than PHP.…These technologies include Python, as well as Ruby on Rails,…also known as just Rails.…

We'll be covering five general code editors.…First up is Aptana Studio, now in its third major release.…The company that makes Aptana Studio,…an open source IDE, was acquired by Appcelarator.…Next, we'll take a look at Adobe Dreamweaver.…This venerable program has gone through a lot of changes,…especially for the creative cloud version,…but PHP support remains paramount.…The third general editor examined is Sublime Text.…

Sublime Text, now with a version three in open beta,…has a great many fans, and we'll see why…later in this chapter.…Our next editor, NetBeans, is also open source,…

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A coding professional needs professional tools, and while you can write PHP with a regular text editor, a specialized editor or IDE will make the job easier and your code more accurate. In this course, programming expert Joseph Lowery takes you on a survey of the most popular all-purpose and PHP-specific editors. Learn what features are absolutely required from any good editor; explore options that can boost your productivity, like snippets and database integration; and then take a look at tools that work with multiple technologies (such as Aptana Studio, Sublime Text, and Cloud 9) and those more directly targeted at PHP (like Eclipse or PhpStorm). This course is vital to anyone starting on the path to PHP programming, as well as developers seeking to ramp up their efficiency.